I mean sure there losses weren't as bad but isn't their thought process kinda weird to begin with?
At the beginning of the year there was this interview in which boaster said FNATIC will practice less from now on, but when you look at other top tier teams like KCorp and SENTINELS, they grind their ass off. KC Magnum said they did 6 scrims a day since they came back from Madrid, and SENTINELS JOHNQT said that they played like 30 scrims in their time at madrid (14 days out of which 3 were content days, 1 was an off day, 6 match days).
If you just stop practicing, those who are grinding more than you are bound to catch up?